An American investigative journalist and businessman has reported that he has filed a request with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to identify the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, who went by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

Dave Troy (Dave Troy) said he contacted the FBI using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The investigator added a line about “all other subjects” to the statement, since under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto (Satochi Nakamoto) it could be not just one person, but a consortium or a government company:

“Submitted a request to the FBI not only regarding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, but also the records he left for the crypto community.”

The agency sent the journalist a so-called “glomar response.” This is a term used in the American legal system to denote the phrase “cannot be confirmed nor denied” (NCND). This is how the FBI responds to any request concerning individuals who do not have U.S. citizenship. Troy plans to appeal the response in court to get more specific information from the agency.

In the comments under the journalist’s post, someone wrote that it was likely that the programmer Hal Finney was working under the pseudonym Nakamoto (Hal Finney). To which the journalist replied:

“If this is true, there should be no difficulty in releasing information about Finn, since he is dead. In any case, we will continue to search.”

Dave Troy said that the authorities should reveal the truth about the creator of Bitcoin, because society demands it, and hiding information about such a person or group of people is pointless.

Earlier, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that he knows who might be behind the development of the first cryptocurrency.